The quake struck 130 miles north-west of Socotra island in the Gulf of Aden.

No tsunami warning was issued.

The DEADLIEST earthquakes of all time

Earthquakes have struck terror into the heart of mankind since the dawn of time. These once inexplicable phenomena were interpreted by primitive civilisations as the anger of the gods. With death tolls of up to half a million people, it's not hard to see why. Warning: contains GRAPHIC IMAGES

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Messina, Italy, 1908, 7.1 on the Richter scale. Between 75,000 and 200,000 lives were lost